Dragon Pattern Roll Set

After leaving the Ministry of War, it was already noon time, and everyone ran to Taibaiju for lunch, discussing how to go next.

As soon as he entered the gate of Taibai Residence, he saw the little six son Le Diandian running over to greet him.

Zhan Zhao looked at the lobby. In the past, the lobby of Taibaiju was full at this meal time, what happened today?Empty and empty.

"Little Liuzhi." Sitting on Xigulu's shoulder, the fourth son curiously asked the sixth son, "Aren't you going to open today?"

Little Six smiled and waved his hands, and said, "I don't come to eat today, I guess I went to the north of the city to watch the fun!"

Everyone was a little puzzled—to watch the excitement?

Zhan Zhao's eyelids just twitched, usually when there is excitement to watch, it means that he is in trouble.And there are not many other things in Kaifeng City, but there are a lot of foodies. For foodies, everything can be less, but lunch must not be less!How lively is it?Those foodies didn't even eat lunch and went to see it?

"What happened again?"

Gongsun asked as he followed Xiaoliuzi upstairs.

"Tsk tsk." Little Six said with a smile, "The gates of the north of the city are open today, and several families who came to participate in the birthday banquet are going to enter the city."

Zhao Pu thought for a while, "Oh... It seems that all the Liao and Xixia birthday celebration parties will come today, so Ouyang didn't see anyone early in the morning."

"Just to watch this?" Zhan Zhao felt bored, he might as well have a meal.

"People in Kaifeng City mainly go to see cats!" Xiao Liuzi replied.

"Cat?" Bai Yutang raised his head.

Zhan Zhao also pricked up his ears, "Look at cats?"

"Master Zhan, don't you know?" Little Six asked, "The emperor's birthday will be celebrated for three days, and one of them will be a cat appreciation event, where famous cats sent from various places will compete."

The corners of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched slightly - did he support it?Why do you want cats to pay tribute everywhere?Go directly to Hongying Village and look for it in his cat's den, okay?Going to Kaifeng Mansion, you can gather hundreds of them with a shout.

"Are there a lot of cats?" Bai Yutang asked.

"That's right!" Xiao Liuzi said, "The first wave just came in just now, and they didn't cover it with cloth on purpose, just look at them casually, there are big and small, and it is said that there are some who look like little tigers, with tails like feather dusters."

Bai Yutang touched his chin lightly and raised his eyebrows.

Zhao Pu shook his head——Zhao Zhen was tossing around purely in the mood of finding trouble for nothing.

Holding a teacup, Gongsun said, "I read a cat book before, which was compiled by a cat lover. It is said that there are thousands of cats in the world, with different appearances and personalities. There is a change."

The fourth son tugged at Xigulu.

Xigulu looked up at the fourth son on his shoulder, "Xiao Shizhi, I'm hungry, can I go after dinner?"

Xiao Liuzi said in a low voice, "There are also delicious restaurants in the north of the city, and they can take advantage of today's opportunity to get a discount! So all the regular customers have gone there."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh at Xiao Liuzi——the shopkeeper gave him less wages, and this is a waste of money.

The fourth son tugged at Gongsun.

Gongsun looked at Zhao Pu.

Tianzun and Yinhou have already stood up and prepared to move their positions.

Zhan Zhao always felt that there would be some unreasonable disaster if he went like this. After all, he was watching cats... So he asked Little Six, "We just left like this, shouldn't the shopkeeper scold you?"

Little Six smiled and rubbed his hands, "How can I do that!"

As soon as Little Six finished speaking, he saw Fifth Master handing over an ingot, stood up, and hooked his fingers at Zhan Zhao, which meant—to change places to eat!

Zhan Zhao was dragged up speechlessly, and when everyone went downstairs, they saw the little six happily running to see the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took the ingots and praised him for his cleverness, and he earned money without starting a stove!

When talking about looking at the cat, Zhan Zhao was quite reluctant, wrinkled his nose and walked forward.

Yin Hou teased him, "Those are all your brothers and sisters, why don't you go and have a look?"

Zhan Zhao sighed, Zhao Zhen didn't appreciate flowers or dogs for no reason, and he just organized this kind of cat appreciation conference. He always felt full of malice, so be careful!

When we arrived in the north of the city, we saw a sea of ​​people. Ouyang Shaozheng asked the Imperial City Army to block the crowd on both sides, leaving a road in the middle for horses and horses to enter.

The north city gate is wide open, and the brigade is entering the city in batches.Because entering the city requires strict inspection, the speed is not very fast... probably because each family also wanted to make a splash or something, several families put a few cats outside for the appreciation of the people of Kaifeng City.

Zhan Zhao pouted, "They're all in cages!"

The fourth son sat on Xigulu's shoulder, nodded while watching, "The cats are so pitiful, they are all in the cage."

From the side, a voice came, "It is said that the emperor will build a cat garden in the harem, and these cats will eventually live in the imperial residence and eat the emperor's food. They are not pitiful at all."

Everyone followed the voice and turned their heads, only to see a smiling person standing beside them.

Zhan Zhao and the others were slightly taken aback - Man Muhua.

Man Ji Shaodong's family also came to see the cat?

Man Muhua picked up a few cardboard boxes from a shop behind him and placed them on the outside table, and distributed them to Zhan Zhao and the others, "Remember to come and visit."

Everyone was a little puzzled holding the box.

Yin Hou opened it and saw two exquisite round pastries inside. This time it was not dumpling or candy dumpling, but cat-faced steamed buns.

One is black and the other is white, and a white cat is fat and beautiful, smiling.The other black cat was ferocious, with frizzy hair, no matter how you looked at it, it looked like Zhan Zhao.

The fourth son opened his mouth wide, "Like a cat!"

Zhan Zhao felt that his knees hurt, his teeth hurt, and his head hurt.

On the side, many girls and daughters-in-law were buying it, talking about it while buying it, saying that the cat buns are so cute, they look like Zhan Zhao is reluctant to eat them, take them home and offer them up.

The fourth son said to Man Muhua, "Why are you always like this? You have to share the money with Maomao."

Man Muhua looked blank, and asked, "Which cat? Little Si, that's what you said. Animals are different from people. I did it according to kittens. You also asked me to share money with cats." ?”

The fourth son looked at Man Muhua.

Everyone was a little speechless, this Man Muhua was quite serious, he suffered a loss from the little four before, this time he wanted to win the round.

The fourth son folded his arms and bulged his cheeks, feeling very dissatisfied, knowing that he was playing tricks.

Zhan Zhao wants to help the fourth son, but he doesn't want to share money with Man Muhua, and Man Muhua is obviously competing with the fourth son.

However, Gongsun and Zhao Pu stopped him, which meant to let the fourth son solve it by himself.

The fourth son looked at Man Muhua.

Man Muhua was full of complacency, thinking that this was a win, and the shopkeeper beside him wiped his sweat. Everyone in Kaifeng Mansion probably didn't know that their young master was naive and aggressive.

The fourth son looked at the cat-face steamed bun in his hand, then at Man Muhua, he seemed a little hesitant.

Xigulu didn't know what was going on at all. After watching the cat for a while, he felt hungry and wanted to eat. Seeing that the fourth son had something to say but was hard to say, he asked, "Little persimmon paper, what are you doing?"

"Hmm..." Little Four hesitated, "I thought of a way but it's too ruthless, it's not good... Be kind."

Gongsun and Zhao Pu looked at each other.

Man Muhua smiled and said, "Little Si, you're welcome, ahaha, you can give me your opinion, after all, I have your share of Manji's business."

Gongsun is also angry, this Man Muhua is serious with a child, so narrow-minded!

The fourth son gave Man Muhua a sideways look, and in the end seemed cruel, reached out and took out a black cat steamed bun, and handed it to Bai Yutang.

Everyone was stunned.

Bai Yutang reached out to take the steamed buns. He was puzzled when he heard the fourth son say, "Bai Bai, anyone will be able to gnaw on the cat's face from now on..."

"puff……"

Tianzun, who had just eaten half a steamed bun, sprayed out the half he hadn't had time to chew, and Zhao Pu, who was about to bite, put the steamed bun back silently.

Gongsun rubbed the fourth son's ass - oh, how did he do this? There is no injustice or enmity.

The fourth son crossed his arms and reflected on himself—it really was too cruel, and he felt guilty after speaking.

look again...

Seeing Fifth Master holding the steamed bun, after a moment of expressionless silence, he turned his face and looked at Mu Hua with a gloomy look.

Man Muhua opened his mouth wide.

Looking at Bai Yutang and looking at the fourth son is naturally a different feeling.

The shopkeeper hurried up to make a rescue, and said, "My young master just made these boxes for fun, and our shop doesn't sell steamed buns either, so we won't make them in the future."

After much deliberation, Bai Yutang was still not happy, so he took out his money and bought all the remaining cat buns.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang who asked people to send all the steamed buns to the White Mansion in a speechless manner—are you free, mouse?

Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao——Mao Er, eat less for lunch, and we will eat steamed buns when we get home.

The exhibition is full of hope.

Man Muhua gritted his teeth and looked at the fourth son—you are cruel, you little boy!

The fourth son turned his face—humph!

Gongsun and Zhao Pu looked at each other—the dumpling was quite imposing.

Man Muhua, who was still defeated in the second confrontation, decided to regroup and think of other moves.

Zhan Zhao didn't have the heart to tease him, he just happened to meet here, the Ministry of Military Affairs had just committed a murder case, and there were paintings of his family on the wall.

Zhan Zhao asked Man Muhua, "Young master, have you been here all this time?"

"Yeah!" Man Muhua nodded, he also had a serious business, he didn't come here specially to compete with the fourth son, so he told everyone, "There are a lot of foreigners coming to the city today, let's send some food samples, if anyone likes them, they can come here purchase."

"Oh..." Zhan Zhao nodded, and asked again, "Has the picture hanging in your main shop been there all this time? Haven't you lent it to others?"

Man Muhua was slightly taken aback, a little puzzled, "What does Mr. Zhan mean by this? Could something have happened?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu.

Both nodded, feeling that they could speak directly.

Zhan Zhao pointed to a restaurant in front of him, what does that mean - find a place with few people, sit down and chat?

Man Muhua felt that something might have happened, so he nodded, entered the restaurant with everyone, and asked for a private room to sit down.

After chatting for a few words, Man Muhua was surprised, "The doctor of the Ministry of War was killed, and I left a blood picture on the wall full of me?!"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Man Muhua clutched his chest, "My mother, Mr. Zhan, don't scare me, I'm a first-class honest citizen!"

Everyone squinted at him—do you still have the face to say that you are honest?

The fourth son pointed at him with a skewer of meatballs.

Man Muhua waved his hand, which means we are not joking, "Can I see that model?"

Zhan Zhao took out the leather.

At this moment, the blood on the leather had already dried up, and after spreading it on the table, Man Muhua frowned, "It's really exactly the same as the family heirloom in my store!"

"Are you sure they are exactly the same?" Gongsun asked.

Man Muhua nodded, "I've been staring at it since I was a child, this is definitely a copy of the hanging painting in my house!"

"Has anyone entered your Manji to turn over paintings?" Bai Yutang asked, "Even the size is about the same."

"Impossible! Manji is watched by people who come and go during the day, and lock the door at night... Could it be that someone sneaked in at night?" Man Muhua said to everyone, "This is obviously a frame-up. !"

Zhan Zhao looked at him, "Whether it's a frame-up or not is another matter. Why do you think the murderer left this picture of Yuweidu on the wall?"

Man Muhua scratched his head, "Then who knows...it's gone wrong!"

"Any enemies?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Uh..." Man Muhua was slightly taken aback, a strange look flashed in his eyes, but then he shook his head again.

Zhan Zhao has sharp eyes, so he saw it, and said, "Do you know that you are suspected of Manji, you can close the shop for investigation."

Man Muhua naturally knew the seriousness of the matter.

"It's better if you have something to say." Zhao Pu reminded.

Man Muhua nodded slightly, and looked at the fourth son.

The fourth son and Xigulu were eating, they didn't care much about the case, seeing Man Muhua looking over, the fourth son was puzzled.

"Didn't the fourth son ask me to send part of the money to the victims of the Xu Ji case that day?" Man Muhua said.

Everyone nodded.

Gongsun glanced at the fourth son, he didn't even know this happened, the little guy is getting more and more righteous.

Man Muhua frowned, and said, "I asked my subordinates to do it. Most of them feel very good when they get the money. Some of them have already moved away, but one family...is very strange."

"Strange?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

Man Muhua asked everyone to eat first, and he asked his men to go down to Manji to ask someone to come.

After a while, a young guy ran in, "Young master."

When everyone looked up, they saw that the young man's head was wrapped in gauze, and it seemed that he was injured.

Man Muhua asked him to talk about the money delivery that day.

The young guy sighed. It turned out that he was in charge of sending money to the three families. The first two were quite normal, and the third lived in an old man who was in his 80s or [-]s. When he first knocked on the door, he opened the door very politely.But when he said that he was full of money and came to give the money, the old man suddenly became furious, chasing him with a cane and beating him, saying, "It's not that the time has not come for not reporting, just wait for retribution!"

Everyone frowned... that's it.

"The old man's daughter, wife and grandson all died in the case of Xu Ji, leaving him alone." Man Muhua said.

"Maybe it's to vent your anger." Zhao Pu said, "It's also understandable, after all, I lost everything overnight."

"But things are not that simple!" Man Muhua asked the boy to continue.

The buddy said, "I was beaten by him and ran straight with my head in my arms, and I heard him yelling from behind, saying, 'The death-killer has come to your door! The day when you are full of memories and children and grandchildren is here! Waiting to be buried in the belly of a fish and never to be born again Bar!'"

Everyone was stunned.

"You think this old man is quite strange!" the man said. "The first time I heard the curse say that people were buried in the belly of a fish. Could it be that they think we are going to be flooded or something?"

Everyone was very concerned about the phrase "buried in the belly of a fish"... This is completely Yuweidu's curse!

Man Muhua was helpless, "At first I thought it was the old man talking nonsense, but he cursed me, Manji, not Xuji! I've been fidgeting all day because of this matter, and I always feel that there is something wrong... Sure enough, something happened. "

"What did you Manji do to make people curse your family and kill off your sons and grandchildren?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Man Muhua looked at the sky and shook his head, "Heaven and earth conscience, no!"

"Then what about your ancestor?" Bai Yutang asked.

Man Muhua looked worried, "I'm also afraid of this."

Everyone looked at him.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Pu asked.

Man Muhua spread his hands, "Isn't this normal? You don't know all about what your ancestors did. Have you ever had the experience that someone suddenly came to seek revenge, but you didn't know the enemy at all and didn't offend the enemy?" ?”

After Man Muhua asked, everyone was silent for a while, and turned to look at Bai Yutang together.

Bai Yutang looked at Tianzun with a teacup, and Tianzun looked out of the window... Oh, that white cat looks like a little mouse, so cute!

……

"Have you had this kind of experience recently?" Hearing what Man Muhua said, Zhan Zhao seemed to have something hidden.

Man Muhua hesitated for a while, and finally said, "There is one thing... Actually, I also want to go to Kaifeng Mansion, but I am afraid that the matter will make a big splash and affect the business of my shop."

"What happened?" Gongsun asked.

"Not long ago, I discovered that a batch of bean paste fillings for sugar cakes in the store had been given laxatives." Man Muhua said.

Everyone was surprised.

"Is there such a thing?" Gongsun frowned. "Candy cakes are mostly eaten by children and the elderly. The stomachs of children and the elderly are particularly fragile. Things like laxatives may cause death."

Man Muhua nodded, "Since the incident happened that year, my family has a method of testing for poison. Every process must be tested for poison. Before going out, we will go through several inspections, and nothing happened."

"Is it true that someone poisoned your house?" Gongsun asked.

Man Muhua nodded, "Fortunately, it was found out, I am very careful when I go shopping now."

Zhan Zhao and others couldn't help thinking of the Xu Ji case many years ago.

"Is the case back then really conclusive?" Bai Yutang asked suddenly.

Zhan Zhao also frowned, "What if it wasn't Xu Ji who put medicine into Manji's food back then?"

"Wow..." Zhao Pu shook his head with a spoon, "Isn't Xu Ji a strange injustice through the ages?"

Man Muhua said, "You don't suspect that it's the medicine that I wrote down, right? Impossible! Who would take such a risk with their own signboard, besides, my family didn't take advantage of anything, and we were not too far away from the ruined family back then. !"

"actually……"

During the discussion, everyone heard Yin Hou speak suddenly, so they all turned to look at him.

Yin Hou and Tianzun seldom express their views on the cases that Zhan Zhao and the others investigate. Tianzun would occasionally make jokes, and Yin Hou basically would not care about Zhan Zhao unless he needed help.

But this time it was Yin Hou who spoke.

Tianzun, who was eating seriously, gnawed on half a chicken leg and looked at him.

Yin Hou looked at the crowd and said, "Have you investigated those people who were poisoned to death?"

Everyone was stunned.

"The poisoned person..."

After Yin Hou's reminder, everyone immediately understood.

"Oh." Tianzun nodded, "The old ghost is right, use the case of Xu Ji and Man Ji to cover up the person who really wants to kill!"

"After Xu Ji ransacked and killed everyone, the case was cleared up. All the dead were classified as unfortunate deaths... No one would investigate carefully. If Xu Ji hadn't been poisoned, the real culprit would still be at large," Zhan Zhao said.

Gongsun also frowned, "But recently there has been another disturbance, a fishtail pillow, bringing up the old case again."

"If there really was a real culprit back then..." Bai Yutang said, "If he wanted to get rid of the crime, what would he do?"

Everyone looked at Mu Hua.

Man Muhua is not stupid, with a sullen face, "Would you blame me on Manji?"

Zhan Zhao nodded lightly, "The painting handed down by your family...seems to be the key!"